Editing List of games based on Dune (section)

==Online games==
There have also been many ''Dune''-based [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]]s (multi-user dimension) and [[Web browser|browser]]-based online games, created and run by fans.<!-- please only list such games if they have a page on a Wiki with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors (see also [[WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided]]). This is not a link farm. -->

===Dune text room-based MMORPG===
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''Dune MUD'' is an unlicensed, online multiplayer game, a [[multi-user dungeon|MUD]] active since 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dune.servint.com/general/about_dunemud.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103021505/http://dune.servint.com/general/about_dunemud.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2007 |title=DuneMUD |publisher=Dune.servint.com |access-date=March 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=http-dunemud-net> {{cite web |url= https://dunemud.net/ |title= Dune Mud |date= 9 February 2024 |publisher= DUNE MUD }} </ref><ref name=MMOstats-DuneMUD> {{cite web |url= https://mmostats.com/game/dune-mud |title= Dune MUD |date= 2024 |publisher= MMO Stats }} </ref><ref name=GameScry-DuneMUD> {{cite web |url= https://game-scry.online/game/dunemud |title= DuneMUD |publisher= GameScry |date= 19 May 2023 }} </ref>

''DuneMUSH'' was an unlicensed, online multiplayer game, a [[MUSH]] active in the early 1990s.<ref name=BellaOL-art302538> {{cite web |url= https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art302538.asp |title= DEPRESSION QUEST - INTERACTIVE FICTION |author= Lisa Shea |date= 2023 |publisher= BellaOnline |id= 302538 }} </ref><ref name=0679755926p84> {{cite book |author= Kelly Maloni, Derek Baker, Nathaniel Wice |year= 1994 |title= NetGames: Your Guide to the Games People Play on the Electronic Highway |page= 84 |isbn= 0679755926 }} </ref>

''Dune II'' was an unlicensed, online multiplayer MUSH active in the early 1990s.<ref name="carton">{{cite book
 | last = Carton | first = Sean | author-link = Sean Carton
 | title = Internet Virtual Worlds Quick Tour
 | publisher = Ventana Press
 | year = 1995
 | isbn = 1-56604-222-4
 | pages = 155–156
}}</ref><ref name="benediktciskowski">{{cite book
 | last1 = Benedikt | first1 = Claire Lisette
 | last2 = Ciskowski | first2 = Dave
 | title = MUDs: Exploring Virtual Worlds on the Internet
 | publisher = BradyGames
 | year = 1995
 | isbn = 1-56686-246-9
 | pages = 65–67
 }}</ref>

=== ''Behind the Dune'' ===
''Behind the Dune'' is a pornographic, unlicensed, online [[Adobe Flash|flash]] single player game first released in 2016. The game is based on ''[[Dune (video game)|Dune]]'' (1992) by Cryo Interactive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Dune – Hardcore Gaming 101|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/behind-the-dune/|access-date=2021-08-21|language=en-US}}</ref>